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THE LIBRARY OF 
CONGRESS, 

Two Copie6 Receives 

OCT 2 5903 

Copyright Entry 

9- M. Z, K?o3 

CLASS XXc. No 

6 9 -STX5' 

COPY O. 




T here was once a lot more wisdom 
i han one well could cony round, 
o they puzzled how to keep it 
Till ,at last, this way was found: 
It was crowded into nutshells, 

F hi-Io-soph-i-cal-Iy packed , 

A nd you cant tell what’s inside them 
T ill the nutshells have been cracked. 
N ow these packed up words are proverbs 
And they’re cracked by many folks. 
If you’re careful when you crack them. 
You will find you re cracking jokes. 


“Many hands make light work ? 



H ow silly! With one 

Finger, you 
May press a but-' 
ton mere ly , 
And cause electric 

light to work. 
Why should Folks 
talk so queerly? 


any hands make 1 i^ht work? 








"It is never too late to mend’’ 

W hen the bear and the seal, 
in their automobile, 
Took a spin at the world s 

frozen end, 

Said the bear /Something queer 
ails the old steering gear, 
But tis never too late to mend T 
Soon there came a loud crash 
and a terrible smash 
On some ice at the edge of the sea, 
And the seal and the bear 
swam and wondered just where 
Under water their carriage 

might be. 






“The burnt child dreads 
the fire.” 



W hen <July fourth 

draws to its close, 
And yet a cracker 

1 inge rs, 

Is any patriot going to 

stop 

B ecause he burned 

kis finders? 





he burnt 
the fire ? 


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"Paddle your own canoe. 

M r. Scjuirrel afloat, with 
a twig^ For a boat,, 
Got along without paddling 

or rowing, 

Por his tail in the air was a 
sail For him there, 

When the favoring breezes 
were blowing. 
So he sang ,“Yoho! Tis the 

Style, you know. 
To go yachting, so, bless you, l do. 
If there’s ary wee gale , then 

just hoist up your sail 
And don’t paddle your own canoe!” 


addle your 


own canoe r 






W atch the judder on 

the sta^e. 

Why do the people roar so ? 
Appearance may deceitFul he. 
But disappearance more so! 


Here’s a rabbit in a hat. 

Cover him up neatly. 
Presto! Now the rabbit ^s 

done! 

Disappeared completely! 


appearances are deceitful. 














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The early bird catches the worm. 



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I m e t the early bir 

to-do 

A wounded worm 

once said,, 
The early worm is 

caught by birds! 
Wise worms will 

stay in bed! " 


I he early bird catches the 
/orm. vVhat does the early 


worm 


catch? 




“ Where ignorance is bliss, 
tis folly to be wise?' 


W hen Johnny Bear came 
down to camp, 
He tried to steal the kettle. 
But oh! be dropped it very 

quick, 

So hot was that same metal. 


'Where ignorance is bliss’’ 

exclaimed 

Miss Annie Bear, his sister, 
Poor Johnny, people often find 
Tis foljy makes a blister! 1 ’ 







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He 1 


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ighs best who 

laugKs last?" 



S ammy crack© his little joke; 

1 Tommy laughs at once. 
Johnny doesn’t see the joke 
Because he is a dunce. 
When Johnny sees the joke 

and laughs. 

Perhaps a fortnight after, 
He laughs the last, but why 

should Kis 

Be any better laughter? 




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'While there’s life there’s hope.' 



I d like to fly above the trees 
Upon the mountain’s slope 
With wings wide spread 

against the breeze. 
And while there’s life 

there’s hope.’ 


So rhymed the hippopotamus. 

I think, before he flies. 

Well see some four wheeled 

omnibus 

Flit through the summer skies. 





* You can’t eat your cake 
and have it 7 


W e " , perhaps you dont remem - 

When one little piece of cake 
Seemed too small to share 

with others. 
Yet hoys followed in your wake. 
Saying/ Just a bite! Aw! Greedy! 
As they tagged you through 

the town. 

And you couldn’t feel you Had it 
Till twas safely swallow- 
ed down. 


You cant eat your cake 
and have it ? 





“nr he more we have, the 
more we want” 



O f bumps and thumps 
And dumps and mumps. 
Well, well, it beats the Dutch 
IP you want more 
Of these bad four. 

Or more of any such ! 



HChe 

more 


more we have, the 
we want ? 



Dr Bunnys 

BUMP 

CURE 




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f V\ bird: in the hand is 
worth two in the bush.' 



And added, Absurd ! 

Ill le ave the whole question 
To any old bird; 

For a bird in the bush 
Can get little bugs 

crawling; 

A bird in the Kond , 

OK! It’ s simply appalling ! 11 


A bird in the bond is 
worth two in the bush V 



"‘Straws show which way 
the wind blows?’ 



O h! Straws show bet-' 
ter things than that, 

eople 
know; 

Thejy show where ice- 
cream sodas and 
Some other dood 


As d rug-store p 


St rows 
the wir\ 


show which 

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‘Alls well that end© well / 



O h dear, no! said the 

squi rrel , 

I end well enough/ 

And he looked at his tail 
Of a beautiful fluff, 

‘But the nutshell I swallowed 
Is hurting, inside. 

I am quite far from well 
fP hough rrry tail is nry 






He well that ends well *? 





'A great mark is soon hit. 

T he moon rose full , be- 
hind the trees, 
Observed by Captain Biddle. 
' Make ready, boys, he shout- 
ed then, 

‘And shoot that through 

the middle!” 

He thought it was the camp 

fire of 

The enemy, but oh! 
Although the mark was 
big enough. 
They fired much too low. 



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Children should be seen, 
not heard.^ 



T he rooster loudly, proud 

I y crowed 
His boys did too, that morning. 
"You children should be seen, 

not heard,' 
He gave them speedy warning 


But Mrs. Hen, with flattering ways, 
Said, "Oh! my dear, unless 
HThey practice now they 11 nev- 
er learn 

To crow like you, 1 guess.” 


hildren should be seen, 

not Renrd ? 







"Everything comes to him 
who waits ” 



But ©till , not everything. 
There s something left 
to p ay for what 
"The waiter ha© to brings. 


verjy'thing comes to him 
who waits ? 



“ Never trouble trouble till 
trouble troubles 



1 A bat! Never trouble trouble 
V V ill trouble troubles you? 
Now isn’t that a selfish, 

Very selfish thing to do? 
When some trouble troubles 

T ristram, 

When, perhaps, he stubs 

his toe, 

I must trouble THristrarns 

trouble 

T'ill that trouble has to go. 



ever trouble trouble till 
trouble troubles you r 



~Turn about is Fair play/ 




aid a cl ite little 

donkey, " I say, 
T urn about is regarded 

Fair nla 


It 


is 


J 


pi^y; 
our turn to drajS on 


This squeak v old wadon] 


scjueaKy 
His master replied, 'Not 

tro^dav. 











^Whot can’t be cured 
must be endured^ 


S aid the smiling alligator 

^To the bashful little rabbit, 

°W\\ 1 cant be cured of biting. 

So you must endure my 

habit " 

But the rabbit said/ r Oh, 

i *''' 

no sir! 

In a very hurried way, 

~Such unpleasant allegations! 

OK! E xcuse me , but 

^ood deyP’ 


Kat 


must 


t be cured 
be endured ? 






Uneasy lies the head that 

wears a crown.” 



I F one must wear his 
1 Fat to bed. 

Its crown wont both- 
er him 

One halF as much, I'm 

verjy sure, 
wi 11 the 1 umpy 
brim. 



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ies the head that 


wears a crown « 


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"TToo much of a good thing 
is worse than none at all.' 



I t’s raining cats and dogs’ 

they say. 

And if twere really true , 
Why that would make too 

many pets 

For those who like a Few. 

I d rather t would rain pussy cats 
And do^s , for half a day, 
TThan never own a little dog 
Or see a kitten play. 


oo muc h of a dood thin* 
is worse tKan none at all t 









^ Bo^s will be to y&. 





T k nat bcr)AS are boys 
We know. What then? 
Bcrys being boys , 

Thev v/i ll he 


men . 



B 


oys 


W1 


ill b 


oys 






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T asteaQcL try before you buy 



O K, taste and try before 

you buy!” 
Called out tbe candy man. 
And forty bands of twenty 

beys 

Reached for each candy pan; 
And when the twenty boys 

had tried, 
The candy man said, Well, 
Now you have tried before you buy, 
There’s nothing left to sell!” 



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Money mokes the mare go.’ 



T he man who owns 

the mare now spea ks, 
“Oats! Hay! New ham 

ness! Oh! 

I’m ^ettin^ poorer every 

day! 

Th e mare makes mom 

ey go!" 


/ 









“If 

6 ° ; 


you wisK a thinj£ done, 
if not, send . 



Kept mi^ht Kove 
I done in ancient days. 
But Hardly in our own. 
We need not or 

send wKen w^e 
Con ^impdy telephone. 



you wish tk thing done 
; iF not, send ? 



mam 







“Never put off till to-mor- 
row what you con do to-day. 



I con paint fathers hat 

a most beautiful red; 
^There’s a fine can of 
paint 1 could borrow; 
Would you really advise 

me to do it to-day, 
Or to keep putting off 
till to -morrow ? 



ever pu 
row what 


t o ff till to " mor- 
you can do to-day? 






ays are 


Del 
J^eloys 


dang 


erous. 


are dangerous, 

you know,'" 
'The bee buzzed near and far. 
She told tke cow and then 

the man 

Who ran the electric car. 


"The cow then galloped 

blindly on; 
The motor man went cjuicker ; 
The car took bossy on 

its front, 

Which made the people snicker. 










“Those who live in gloss houses 
should not throw stone© . 

& 

I would rather the people 

who live in glass houses 

Threw stones at the per- 
sons who pass, 

If the stones could be dia- 
monds rubies or opals 

Or something more pre- 
cious than glass. 



hose who live in j^loss houses 
should not throw stones ? 




T 


Silence ^ives consent!' 

he partridge is not 

talkative, 
He neither sin^s nor 

hums; 

He never shouts aloud 

like boys, 

Although they s try he 

drums. 

I asked him once to dinner, 

but 

He never said a word. 
Ah! Silence ^ives consent] 

said I, 

But off he flew, shy bird ! 


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“ Little pitchers have big ears. 



"You’d better b’lieve we do! 

O ur pitcher’s ears are just 

as small 


<As other people’s too ! ’ 


ittle pitchers have bij* 




Our pitcher does not 

' need advice 

♦ 

His ears are, therefore 
» •« small. 

Hi's eye is great • 

nine all say 
And he can curve the 

ball . 


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"'Still waters run deep." 


“ h! Still waters run deep,” 
.Said the owl to the fro^, 
And the f ro^ told the saying 
All over the bo^. 


Fro^gie saw a still puddle : 

"Still waters run deep!” 
He cried as he dived. 

But he fell in a heap. 


"Ow! The puddle is shallow! 

Now who would suppose 
The wise owl was mistaken? 
Fve bumped my poor nose!” 











carpenter is known bj 
his chips? 

I f one is known by cat or dog. 

That cat or do^ will 

show it. 

If chips wag tail© or purr 

or bark, 

I’m sure I do not know it. 

I think a carpenter at work 

Would be surprised t o see 

His chips rise up and bow 

1:o him. 

Don’t vou agree with me ? 


corpenter is known by 

kis chips? 






'A word to the wise is sufficient. 


T he owl is very, very wise. 
But when she asks the rat, 
"How much is six times 

nine ty -two? 

What shall he say to 

that? 


One word could never 

answer her. 
A yes or no won t do 
When such tremnen-dous 
^reat bi^ things 
A teacher asks of you. 


A word to the wise is sufficient? 



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“Too many cooks spoil the broth? 

A particular cook, still anotlv 
er good cook. 

Yes, one other good cook — 

that’s three, 

1 11 have made in a stew, and I 
hope three will do?’ 
Said the cannibal king Jamboree . 


When the broth was all done, 
*Why,what under the sun!” 
Said the cannibal ,^Wbat can we do? 
Now the broth is too thin! It is 

almost a sin 
Fbr the broth is now spoiled by too few! 




oo many cooks spoil tke troth? 



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^Least said, soonest mended 


I F little pigs behave like pigs, 
With manners rude and 

shocking, 

\bu11 Find they will not mend 

their ways 

Without a lot oF talking. 

"Their table manners! Mer^ 

cjy me! 

Such conduct will not do,’" 
Said Mrs. Pig, ' And they 

wont mend 

Just for a grunt or two. 


east* said, soonest mended 

















believing.' 


»eein 


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is 


W e like to read the 

circus bills 
Up on the great high wall, 
But Jack and I are very 

wise, 

We can t believe them all . 


Each circus , if the bills 

are true, 

Is certainly the best. 

If you believe one bill is 

true. 

How can you trust the rest? 


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BEST 

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"Two heads are better than one 


W hen the hare and the pi^ had 
some pleasure to plan. 
They each found they had much 

better fun 

If they planned it together and 

both of them said, 
"Surely two heads are better than one!' 
But the hare had the toothache , the 
pi^ got the mumps, 
Then they cried, "Oh, just one 

bead will do! 
Just to think what we’d suffer if 
each bad two beads! 
Surely one head is better than two!” 



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one r* 







r 1 here is n o place 

1 i ke K o m e . " 

T here are Forty- nine 

house s in ^Tenement Row 
And each house like the next 
one above and he low, 
Like the corn on a cob or 

the teeth on a comb; 
N one who live the re can 
sey there is no place like h ome . 
There's a cat at the Smiths, 
just as black, just as lean 
?As the cat at the Browns, 
and these cats may be seen 
Both in yards they suspect 
are not theirs by good ri dhts. 
How these poor puzzled pussies 
cry over it, nights! 


Hei~e 


Is no 
like 


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Foresight is better 

than hindsight? 

( n*-LL i .. O 


Umbrelk 


A pilgrim made very 

quick tracks 

When an indian chased 

with an axe, 

<And said / Foresight ! 

Gadzooks! 

Cant you tell, by the 

looks, 

What we need is some 

eyes in our hacks! ” 




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“Betfer late than never 


O ld uncle Silas thought to try 
A game of football. Well, 
He hadn’t played at all when 

young. 

And this is what befell : 
They rustled him and bustled him 
And stood him on his head 
And humped his nose and tore his dothes 
Until, at last, he fled. 

I never should have tried so late, 
I see,” said uncle ^Si, 

Td better never play at all 
Than late in life,’ say I . 


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^Familiarity breeds contempt.' 



And the more I’ve seen oP bees, 
The less I wish to Pondle 
Either one . Excuse me please! 








"It takes two to make a quarrel . 

O ne Jay my tabby chanced to pass 
In front of our big looking-glass. 
“What’s that? she said, with 

much surprise. 
And opened wide her yellow eyes: 
"Another cat come here to stay! 
Go home, you saucy thing I say!” 
She ^yowled and tried to 

scratch that cat, 
Put up her back — she was so fat! 
How shamed she looked, when 
soon she knew 
There was one cat , instead 

of two! 


t takes two to make a quarrel? 









I t is seldom, very seldom 
That a cat may cross 

the sea, 

But our cats would be o- 

bli^ed to 

IF they’d ^aze on royalty. 
In our country are policemen 
With brass buttons, clubs 

and things 

Which a cat s allowed to 

£aze on. 

But she cannot look on 

kin^s. 


cat may look at a king ? 








“Practice makes perfect.^ 

W ell, if practice makes perfect, 
and so I have heard,” 
Said the elephant soon I 
will sing like a bird.” 

So the elephant practiced 
each day, without rest, 
“Mr. Dooley” and other 
son^s, trying his best, 

Yet the tigers all tittered 
and said , “Its no use! 
Practice only will make him 
a perfect old goose.” 










Absence makes tbe heart 

^row fonder." 

S aid Billy Boye to Tommy 

Boye, 

“ Let’s stay away from school. 
If absence makes folks love 

us more, 

We ll try to prove the rule." 

"Oh! don’t you , Bill said 

Tommy Boye, 
I tried that very plan. 

It struck me then it didn’t 

work." 

"What struck you?’’ Oh! rattan!” 


bsence makes the heart: 

drow fonder? 



Where there’s a 
wi 11 tKe i~e\s a way 



O nce a very mad hat' 
ter said/ Hey! 
HP ruly, where there’s a 

will there’s a way; 
I will make a silk hat 
From the tail oF a cat.” 
But the hat is not Fin* 
ished, tkey say. 


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^Forbidden fruit is sweetest?' 


O ld farmer Jones is vei y wise, 
A sly chap too is he . 

A sign, 'ALL TRESPASSING FOR- 
BID; 

He tacked upon a tree. 

His only sour apple tree , 
And, hid in near by places, 
He liked to see folks steal 

from that, 
And then to watch their faces. 



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^Christmas comes but 


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ea r. 


hat ? Christmas comes 


hut once a ^ear? 


That all depends upon 
How many Sunday schools 

you join/ 

Said Alexander John . 


rr Each school must have 

its Christmas time 
And presents on a tree . 

I joined four Sunday schools 

last year, 

And all remembered me /" 


hristirms 


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